26 Jan (NucNet): Unit 6 of India’s Rajasthan nuclear power plant achieved first criticality on 23 January 2010, plant owner and operator the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) has announced.
Rajasthan-6 (also known as RAPP-6) is one of two 202 megawatt-electric pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs) under construction at the Rajasthan plant in Rawatbhata, northern India.
RAPP-5 achieved first criticality in November 2009 and was connected to the country’s northern grid for the first time last month.
First concrete for Rajasthan-5 and -6 was poured in October 2002. Four PHWRs are already in operation at the plant.
>>Related reports in the NucNet database (available to subscribers)
First Criticality For India’s Rajasthan-5 (News in Brief No. 151, 24 November 2009)
India’s Rajasthan-5 Connected To Grid (News in Brief No. 170, 29 December 2009)
